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Real Madrid scored three goals in about 10 rampaging minutes of extra time against 10-man Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarterf...

Real Madrid scored three goals in about 10 rampaging minutes
of extra time against 10-man Bayern Munich in the Champions League
quarterfinals to win 4-2, and advance to the semifinals, 6-3 on aggregate.

And
while Bayern blew it and Real made the plays they needed to win it, it’s hard
not to come away from the match with one overarching thought: referees Victor Kassai s**k.

There were a cascade of bad calls that slowly and steadily
ate away at Bayern’s comeback hopes.

Vidal changed the course of the tie when he saw a second yellow for this tackle on Marco Asensio, it was a harsh decision

Bayern’s Robert Lewandowski was through on
goal in the 66th minute and was wrongly called offside, Real Madrid’s Casemiro
should have gotten a second yellow for a vicious challenge in the 79th minute,
Bayern’s Arturo Vidal was sent off in the the 84th minute when he was given a
bogus second yellow of his own, and then there was Cristiano Ronaldo’s first
extra time goal. With Bayern ahead 2-1, Ronaldo scored this goal, which was
miles offside:

Here’s the still:

Controversy has since dominated the result after replays appeared to show Ronaldo's being marginally offside

Despite the obvious missed call—and offside calls don’t get
much clearer than that—Bayern were still in it. One more goal would see them
through on aggregate. But Brazilian right back Marcelo, Madrid’s best player on
the night, dumped a bucket of ice water on Bayern’s hopes of advancing when he
blew through a pack of defenders and unselfishly fed a beautiful ball to
Ronaldo, who had the easy job of slotting it home:

Here's the still

The Portuguese star was also seen to have strayed offside earlier in the game when scoring his crucial second goal

Ronaldo was offside on this goal, too, though it’s very
close and not nearly as egregious as the first extra time goal. But the
linesman (on the top of the screen) was well behind the run of play and not
even in a position to make the call.

The third goal, the product of a silky run and perfect
finish from Marco Asensio, was just insult to injury:

Ronaldo got his hat trick and became the first player ever
to score 100 goals in the Champions League. Congratulations to the incompetent
linesmen.